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Supreme Court· 3/10/1952

Carlson v. Landon

Citations

  • 342 U.S. 524
  • 72 S. Ct. 525
  • 96 L. Ed. 2d 547
  • 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2344
  • 96 L. Ed. 547

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the deportation power “is, of course, subject to judicial intervention under the ‘paramount law of the Constitution’”
  • noting that it was \quite clear\ that \detention without bond has been the exception\
  • recognizing Congress’s power to deny bail to all persons accused of capital crimes
  • pointing out that “[detention is necessarily a part of [the] deportation procedure”
  • “Such legislative provision requires that those charged with that responsibility [of excluding aliens] exercise it in a manner consistent with due process.”
  • “When a prisoner is out on bond he is still under court control, though the bounds of his confinement are enlarged. His bondsmen are his jailors.”

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Judges: Reed, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, Burton

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484 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Carlson v. Landon

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